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AS'^IsTWI     Rl  .    1  '  >K    ST.    KAYMiiMis; 


CIIAIM.AIN  OF    rilK   N.  N'.  cATIlOl.K     I'K()TKCT<  )RV 


\vi;>i(  iiKsri'.i;.  n    v. 


N.  Y   C.  I'KnTKi    lOKV  I'I'.IXT, 
u  K>  niii-  -  ii:i;.  s.  v. 


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L'(ii"»  KK.in-,  i>Si)S, 
l<i:\'     1).   1'.  <  »M.11.L. 


PREFACE. 


'lluiiiks  arc  icIuiikmI  lo  \'cr\-  l\r\ .  1',.  McKcr.iia,  pastDi' 
f)t'  Si.  Rax-moiul's,  ami  to  tlic  N.  \'.  L'atholir  I'rolccti »ry,  tor 
coiirU'siis  c.xtriulcd  to  ihc  writer  while  eiiL;a;^etl  in  the 
publication  oi  tlii>  treatise.  He  is  indebted  lor  material  lo 
\'er>'  Rev.  Thomas  J.  Lan![)bell,  .S.  J.,  .^t.  John's  College, 
I'\jrdham,  X.  \'.;  Corporation  Counsel's  (jfricc,  N.  ^'.  Cil)  ; 
Shea's  lIistor)'of  Catholicit}-,  I'.  S.;  State  Libr.iiw  Albanx-; 
the  X.  \'.  Historical.  I.enox.  Astor,  Cathedral,  and  Catholic 
("lull  libraries.  X.  \'.  City.  Tl  was  the  intent  ion  of  the  au- 
thor to  jjresent  the  History  of  .St.  RaN-mond's  in  full,  u])  to 
the  date  of  the  dedication  of  the  new  church.  Oct.  2s,  iS()S. 
X'arious  cii'cumstances  compelled  him  to  chani^e  hisoriL;inal 
resolution,  and  ofler  this  work  in  a  series  of  essay's.  \\hii;h 
will  a{)pear  at  .stated  intervals. 


II  ISTOltY 


—OK 


ST.   KAY.MUNDS  CIIUKCIl 


k 


CIIAI'TKK   1. 

(/Al  in  •l.ICriV  IN   WKSrcilKSIKK  r(ilM\-  .\.\1>    l<i\VN.   N.   \  ., 

■^-  "•  '755»  '75^.  '737- 

[An  Kssay  composed  in  honor  cf  tlic  I  )c(lic;itinn,  ( )<t.  j^  iS.^S,  of  the  New 
St.  Raymond's  Ctiurdi,  West  Clu-tir,  N.  \.] 

UK  muster  roll  (jf  C^aptaiii  Isaac  C^rsa's  New 
■V^  ^''>i"l<  Westchester  Coiiipanv,  from  Mav 
'^,_  2()th.  to  Dec.  5,  1753,  contains  tlie  Roman 
Catholic  and  Irisli  names  of  Joini  Maher, 
Patrick  Fitz^a-rald,  Roj^a-r  Dornev,  Patrick 
Martin.  William  Hlake,  I'atrick  ()"Xeill,  Patrick  Dll;^;i,^'ln. 
John  Welch,  Daniel  O'Brien,  David  IJradv,  'Hiomas 
Ma,o;orerty,  Thos.  Canniff,  John  Nolan,  and  Barnaby 
McOuade.  They  enlisted  in  Westchester  for  service 
during  the  French  and  Indian  War.  1754-1763.  and  took 
part  in  the  Battle  of  Lake  Gcovirc,  Sept.  S.  1755.  Daniel 
O'Brien  was  the  only  member  of  the  companv  killed  in 
that  eui^agement.     The   victorious   English  and  colonial 


ni^toi\  i>/  .sy.  /\\i\))i,iHif  \s  c/i//r,-/i. 


I  loops  were  on  I  hat  occasion  coin  ma  ii<  In  1  l»\  ( "ol.  Williams 
and  .■^i|-  W  illiam  jolmson,  an  Irishman;  ihc  I'icnc-h  1)\- 
IJaron  I  )icsk;iii.  The  projected  expedition  ai;-aiiist  Crown 
I'oiiit.  Lalxc  Champlain,  was  al)an(h  )n(  <!.  and  tiie  troops 
were  disl)andi'd    1)\'    Sir    William     |( 


filial  in.  slioi  1 1\     alter 


the    elect  ioi 


1     ol 


W 


II 


eiir\'    near   Hk 


attic 


,i,n-()niid.      James     Mcdnire,    John     .M  i  ( ■(.rmac  k.    Midiaej 
C'rosI))-.  'i'lios.  Wi'U  h.  and  otlurs.  are,  I 


i"in  I.-;!)  to  I  760 


reiristered  as  |.rivates  on  the   other    \\\'stc:liester    lost 
These  items  demonstrati'  the  presence  ol  Irish  and  Cat 


CIS. 


K  )- 


11 


cs  in 


Westchester,    X.    \' 


'oin    17;;    to    176 


'J. 


Iie\- 


ia\-e  made 


seemed  to  jiaxc  left  no  descendants,  and  not  lo  I 
the  same  iin|.ressioii  on  Westchester  histor\-  and  alTair^.  as 
tlK'ir  I'aiL^dish,  I  )iit  ch.  and  hi  ench  lliii^nienot  iiei<4-|,i„,rs. 
The  ci\il  disabilities  nnder  which  tin-  Roman  C\ifholics 
at  that  time  labored  ma\  aeeonnt  lor  this.  Allowi'd  to 
enlist  as  private  soldiers  on  takiiii;-  a  simpU-  oath  ol 
alleo-ianei',  denied  tlu  public-  exercise  ol  their  reli..i,„,_ 
dis(|naliiie(l  by  the  la  v  Irom  holding-  otiice  or  \()tm<'- 
pimished  1)\-  the  pillorv  and  a  tine  ol  £ 20n  lor  harlx.riii"- 
a  priest,  and  death    to  the  priest    il    captured.      a(\itholic 


soldier  would,  under  these  eircumstances.  hardiv  cai'e  t 


( ) 


enter  the  hoK-  stale  oi  matiinioiu  and 


leave  ollspriii;^,  who 


would  be  a    little    bc-tter  off   than   b(Midmen   or 


slaws;   iior 


would  he  hax'e  an\-   inclination  to  remain  in   a   e<)untr\-  a 


IK 


auioni,'-  a  people  so  hostile  to  his  relii^ious  aspirations    f 


ee 


in>'s,  and  coiuietions. 


J/iiti'iy  ij  ,S(,  /un//u'iiii\\  C/iitii/i. 


The    Ii'isli-(\'itlii)lic'  soldier   ti'MiriMl 


(■\(.'ii   c';iilur    than 


I 


'r?5    '"    Nt  \v'    N'oik    ci)li)iii;il    militat\-   allaiis.       | 


1    I  7<  >o 


Li  ttd  1»(,  !li'iii()iii,  an  I 


ii^hnian,   (  iovn)' n-  ot    New    W>\\<. 


wiitfsoi  the  nnniIxT  (»f  I  li^li  C'al  liulics   l)t-ariii-   ai'ins   jn 
the    New     \  (Ilk    tiirccs.       The    scr\  i(  cs    niidtrcl,    idSj 
I''S'>.  I<»  Nrw    \'()ik  and  Wcstdicsiri-  l)\-  llic  d  ist  in-inMicd 
Irish  (  al  Ik  (lie  sold  in-  and  statesman.  ( ii»\-.  Th  OS.  I  )onL;an. 
can  nex-er  he   lor^otten        The    present    .State    Assenihh. 
Christian  relii;-ioiis  lihei  t\  .  lowii  chaitc-is,  niumCipal  ^ov- 
crninent,  and   Nome  Kiile.  lor  t  he  ca't  ies  of  All)an\-,    New 
^  "'i<.  ;"i'l  ill'"  town  ol  Wi'stchi'stei-,  ori^inatetl  with  him. 
lit    L;a\  r  to  New   N  oik  a  town  (-ouiicil  to  le^ulate  its  own 
town  allairs,  trial  1)\-  jnrx-.  the  ri--ht  to  \-ole.and  reliL^ions 
toleration  h)r  all  Chiistian  heliels.     I  Ionic  Knle.  ci\  il  and 
reliidons  lihcrt y  were  the  foundations  upon  wdii(  h  he  built. 
No  wonder,  then,   that    a   social    lahric.   relii^ious.  educa- 
tional, commercial,  and  political  institutions  restiiiL:  npon 
such  a  basis,  are  to-dav  second  to  none  in  1  his  or  anvot  lier 
land.arc  the  pridi'  of  our  count  ry  and  state. are  the  i;lor\- 
and  jo\-  ol  ever\-  New  N'orker,  who  can  trul\-  sa\-  of  New- 
York  wdiat    St.  Taul  said   of  his  native   Tarsus.   "  I    am  a 
citi/en  of  no  mean  cit  \ ." 

Captain  C'orsa's  soldiers  were,  as  far  as  we  know,  the 
lirst  rc|)resentati\cs  of  Catholicity  in  Westchester  Coun- 
ty: theii-  successors,  the  .\(\adian  exiles  ot  i/^r,.  The 
best  apuloi;ies  for  the  Acadians  come   from    such    distin- 


*»  Hisli'i  X  I't  Si.   /\,t\iiioiui\    Chill, ■/i. 

^niislifd  ri(.i(  si.iiil    w  I  iU'f^  ;is  |'",(limiii(l   iMiikc.   the    jiixt 
l.oli^lcllow.    aiiii      \\'illi;illi      l>;u()li      .Mr\(lis,      I'l  <  il  r^t  ant 
I'ipisci  i|Kil  iJivlioj.  oi    riiiladclphia.  iS<>;    1SS7.      •■  !•' \  ;iiiL:r. 
line."  I.f  »i>^  ic!|(  iw's  ^rcatcsl  |  h  nin.  is  a  \  im  lu  al  i(  mi  ( il  .\(  a- 
(li.i,   and  will  iniiaiii  !ur   all    lime  a    lucliiic    til    llic    jpiiir 
liv("<,  Iriif  \iitiics,  and  [laticnl  ("iiiislian  "-idTci-inu-^  of  liic 
Acadian    |h()|(1c.      I'.dniiind     I'mikc,    disi(  mi  vjn-    mi    itiis 
snhjccl.    said;     '"   I  lie    Acadian^    \\(ic   cNiJcd    inan    .\(i\a 
Sccitia  Mil  in-cifiicrs  l  hat .  in  t  lie  cnt^  ol  an  Ik  mc^i  nian   arc 
not   wiii-tJia  lai'l  liiiii;."      (  Ol.  Win^-li  )\\  ,  one  .  )l  \\\v    princ-i- 
pal  agents  in  cai-i\ini;- out  llii'     Iccicc  i  >!    cxpnlsion.  t  Im^ 
^pt':il^"<:     "It   wa^  a  disa^Tccaljlc  and    nni^iatclui    kind   dI 
dnt  V,  w  liicli  rc(jiiii-cd  an  nn^cncron^  kind  <  .1  cnnniiiL;,  ami 
a  snl)tl('  kind  (»!  sc'\-ciil  \  ."      Pdsln  ip  Sti'vcn^.  in  Ids  lii^ii  ii\ 
III  (Ic'di'^ia  I  \(il  i.,  ]ip.  yiC).  .417),  lims    dcsci-ilKs  the  ticat- 
incnt  III  1  !ic  Ac  adians  :      '•  It   w  as  an  i  n  li  n  man  act .  blend  ini; 
hand,  rdbhcry,  aixiii,  sla\-('r\-.  and  death,  ^-iicli  as  hislciN- 
can  scarech-  ((inal.     Tiic\-    wci'c    (Kclarcd    pi  isi  incrs  lor 
no    crime,     and    destined    to    expal  rial  i.  m    ■■.\\\\\    becanse 
r!nL;lisli  blood  11  owed  not  in  I  lieir  \-eins.  and  l-ji^li^h  words 
dwelt  not    on  tlieif    lips.      This    was    I'"..iiilisli    jioliew  ont- 
raiiinL;-  I'jiu-lish  hnmanity.      They  wefc  stowed  like  a  cai"- 
i;-o  of  slaves,    and  <;uarded    like  feIon<    of  a  convict    shij'. 
Thus   they    were    hurried   away    from    their    native  laud, 
their  fertile  tieUls.  their  once  social  hearth^,  and  scattered 
like  leaves,  InMhe  ruthless  winds  df  Ant  nmn.  fi-om  .Nhe^sa- 


tiiii^i'tts  to  (ic(.i^i;i.   aiiioiii;-  lliMSf  wliu  liatrd  thi'if  rc'li^-- 
i'lt),  (U-k'si<'.|  tiicir   cuiiif  I  \  .  and  HUM  M  .1    I  li<  it   hinmia-c. 
I.aiidcil  ( til  I  lic><r  distant  sh,  ,i  cs  <  ,|  (  ir,  ir^i.i,  i  liosc  w  In  .  h.id 
"luc  know  n  [dent  \-.  '\li<i    had   cnjoNcd    |.i(>s|.crit  \  .    wcri' 
sronlcd  at  as  vaL:raiit>.  ndnccd  to  !)ci^^af\  ,  hcaiini;"  wit  li 
in  flicni  l.i'okcn  health,  lacerated  atle(  tioiis.   udiefe  hnl  lew 
Saniaiilans  weie  lonnd  to  l)ind  np  tiu  ii   wounded  spitits. 
'""I     p"iir    the    oil    and     wine    oj    consolation    into    their 
achin--  'hosoins.'"      A  glance   at  the  histor\-  ol   Acadia  will 
detetinine  whetluT    t  he  st  i  ict  ufcs  ol   IJnike,   Loni^li  Ih  .\\  , 
ami    Sle\fns    aie    waiianted.      The    Acadians    weie    the 
descendants    ol    licncli    colonists    Ifoni    N'ofinandN'    and 
iJarmmdy,  who  as  eaily  as    |f)05  sefiled  on  the  chores  ol 
the  IJay  ot   ImmkU-.  Nova  .Scotia,      .\cadia.    Nova    .Scotia, 
was  ceded  In'  I'dance  to  l-ai<;land  in   i/tj.  and  the  Acadi- 
an s.  a  I'l-ench  and  Roman  ( 'at  holic  jieople.  Ix-i-an.-  the  sub- 
jects ol  a  ^n)veiiiment  at  that  time  animated  \>v  the  most 
intense  hostility  to  their  nationality  and    reli,<;ioii.      Tliev 
were  allowed  the  exercise   of  their  reiinion    as  laf   as  the 
iLii-lish  law  jud-ed  proi.er.      lUit  as    the  Paii^rlish    law    at 
that  time  made  the  practice   ot  Catholieitv    a  crinie,   this 
condition  was  a  farce  and  a  fraud.      Thev  could  leave  the 
colony  within   a   year;  hut   as    the    French    did  not  send 
vessels  to  take    them  away,    and   the  Eni,dish    would    not 
carry  tliein  on  their  shii)s.  they  were  forced  to  remain. 
In  1720.  tlie  anti-Catholic  oaths   (h-nvinix  transubstan- 


tiation  and  tlic  spiritual  su])i-ciiiacv  of  the  r()])C,  were 
tendered  them,  and  reliis(xl.  A  simple  oath  of  allei^-ianee, 
wiiich  ihey  took,  was  then  demanded.  About  1727, 
Ciov.  IMiillij)S  exempted  them  fi^om  hearini;'  arms  aii'ainsf 
tlic  iM'ench,  and  li^om  this  time  on  ihev  are  kiKJwn  in 
historv  as  the  I-'rcnch  neutrals  of  Nova  Scotia.  Thev 
were,  ho\ve\'ei\  as  l\oman  Catiiolics.  disli'anehised,  could 
not  \-ote  or  hold  othce,  were  suhject  to  militar\  L;()\-ern- 
nient,  and  were  not  i-epi-esented  in  an\'  lci;"iNlat  i\e  assem- 
bly. rhe\'  were  several  t  imes  on  the  i)oint  ot  eini^i'ating 
fi'om  Acadia,  but  wei'e  ur^ed  to  remain  bv  the  English 
governors,  who  piaised  tneii"  tempt'iance,  hugalitv,  and 
iaboi's,  in  makiiiL:,"  what  hafl  Ix'en  a  wilderness  and  a 
marsh,  a  land  llowing  wilii  milk  and  honi  v,  a  \eiatable 
pfarden  ot  the  Loid. 

The  Acadians  demanded  civil  and  religious  liberty, 
and  guarantees  lor  the  pcacelul  possession  of  t.heirgoods 
and  property.  \'ague  and  indefinite  j)romises  were  held 
out,  l)ut  no  actual  redress  ot  grievances  followed.  In 
some  districts,  on  account  of  goxernnuMital  interference, 
they  were  left  without  priests  for  yeai-s.  ()nl\-  a  lindted 
number,  approved  of  by  the  govermnent,  were  allowed  to 
minister,  and  these  were  very  often  treated  with  coiuempt, 
and  expelk'd  from  the  colony  on  slight  pretexts.  Their 
Frcncii-Canadian  brethren  urged  them  to  abandon  Acadia, 
and  llee  from  the  \\i"ath  to  come. 


History  of  St.  Rayinoiid's   C/iu/i/i.  J) 

lliose  cog-iiizaiit  (jf  the  intentions  of  the  government, 
knew  that  eventually  they  would  be  replaced  bv  an  Eni,-- 
lish  colony,  tlesi)()ilcd  of  their  property,  and  sent  into 
exile  and  be^-^-arv. 

Shortly    before    the   expulsion   in    i;55,    their    bishoj), 
De  Fontbriand,  of  Quebec,  wrote  a  lettei"  uri;in,^:  submis- 
sion to  T^n^-lish  law,  and  discountenanced  a<;itati()naj;ainst 
En<4;lisli  authority  on  the  part  of  j  riests  and  people.     I  le 
left     it    to    their     consciences     to    decide   whether    thev 
would  remain  in  Xova  Scotia,  or  seek  a  new  home  amono- 
their  French-Canadian  brethren.      He  demanded  Ireedom 
of    worship   for  priests   and    people,  and    his    lii^ht    as   a 
bishop  to  visit  Acadia  every  live  vears.  in  order  that    he 
mig-ht  administer  the  Sacrament  of  Confirmation,  and  as 
a  good    shepherd,  visit    th:;t    portion    of    his  Hock    which 
then  so  sadly  needed  the  care  and  guidance  of  its  chief 
diocesan    i)astor.      These    reasonable    demands    of    the 
bishop  were  refused.     As  time  went  on.  the  policv  of  the 
government  did  not  change  foi-  the  better. 

When  the  French  and  Indian  War  l)rok-e  out  in  1754, 
the  anti-Catholic  oaths  were  again  offered  bv  Gov.  Law- 
rence, and  again  rejected. 

It  is  claimed,  by  the  accusers  of  the  Acadians,  that 
they  were  at  this  time  guilty  of  treason— violated  their 
pledges  and  oaths,  and  took  up  arms  against  the  Fn^rHsh 
government.     They   were  forced  by  Wrgor.  the  French 


1^^  Jlistory  of  St.  Rayinoiui's   Church. 

commander  at  Fort  Beausejour  on  the  Bay  of  Fundv,  to 
furnish  the  French  <,^arrison  with  provisions.     Three  iuin- 
dred  Acadians  bore   arms   in    this   fort.     The   terms  of 
surrender  granted  by  Col.   Winslow,  June    lo.    1755.   de- 
clared the  Acadians  were  pardoned    because  thev    were 
compelled  to  take  up  arms  against  England.     The   truth 
of  the  matter  is,  that  the  Acadians  were  between  the  I{ng- 
lish  hammer  and  the   ^^rench    anvil,— between    the   devil 
and  the  deep  sea  ;  and  the  result  was  the  shipwreck  of   a 
nation.     On    Sej)!.  5,    1755,   Gov.   Lawrence  ordered  all 
their  property,  except  wearing  apparel,  household  goods, 
and   money,   to   be  confiscated.     He  also    decreed    their 
transportation    from    Nova    Scotia    to    the    neighborin<'- 
English-American  colonic        '.awrence  asserted  that  he 
acted  by  theauthority  of  a>,     ■  i-Citholic  law,  passed  in  the 
first  year  of  the  reign  of  George  11.     There  was  no  such 
law  on  the  statute  book.      Idiere  was  then  no  anti-Catholic 
English  law  authorizing  the  conhscation  of  the  pn^pertv 
of  a  whole  community  without  a  trial  in  each  particular 
case.     The  law  did  not  punish  women,  children,  or  com- 
mittees, but  only  individuals,   for  refusing   these  oaths. 
Moreover,  the  board   of   trade,   the   English    masters  of 
Lawrence,  left    it    to    the  colonial    chief    justice   to   sav 
whether  there  should  be  a  confiscation,  and  if  so,  it  should 
be  carried  out  in  a  legal  maniier. 

The  English  penal  laws  did    not   bind  in  the   colonies 


J/is/oiv  ,>j  St.  Jut\//U'/u/\s    Chill cit.  11 

unless  tlicir  enforcement  was  onlen   '  bv  the    home    I'-ov- 
eminent.      In  fact,   we  at    times  see   the    mother  countrv 
rclusinij:     sanction     to    outraueous    colonial     lei^islation 
against  the  rig-hts  and  ])roi)ertv    ot    C\iliiolics.      The    ten- 
dency ol  lingland  at  that  time  was  not  to  pull  the  reins  too 
tight,  but  to  relax  the  penal  laws  in  haigland  and  Ireland. 
Lawrcnc(\  in  actingso  summariU,  ignored  all  legal  prec- 
edents,—indicted,  outlawed  a  whole  nation  lor  the  laults 
of  a  few.     To  the  number  of   seven   thousand    thev    were 
seized,  and  Irom  time  to  time  marched  on  boai'd  English 
ships.      In   many  instances  husband   was  separated   from 
wile  and   children,   wife  and   children   from  husband  and 
father.      In    the   meantime,  t  heii- catt  le    had  been   slaugh- 
tered or  given   to  the   English   settlers,   their  houses  and 
churches    burnt    down,    their    faiins    laid    waste.       Two 
thousand  were  landed    in    Massachusetts,    four    hundred 
and  fifty-four  in  Eeimsylvania,  one  thousand  five  hundred 
in  South  Carolina,  loui'  liun<ired  in  Georgia,  nine  liun(lre(l 
in    .Maryland,   three   lunulred    and   sixtv-six    in    \'ii-ginia. 
and  between  three    hundred  and    lour   hundred    in    Xew 
\  ork.      In  Massactiusetts,  their  wants  were  immediatelv 
relieved.     They  were,  however,  denied  the  services  ol  a 
priest.      The  magistrates  were  finally  empowered  to  bind 
them  out  as  paupers,  and   they    were  fined  .and    whipi)C'd 
lor  visitmg  their  Acadian  neighbors  in  the  near-bv  town 
Virginia  and    .Maryland    compelled  the   English   uoxer 


IS. 

n- 


■!■■>'  Jlistory  oj  St.  Rayjiioiui'i    Chiorh. 

niciit  to  transport  tlu-in    to  Hni;latul.     Several,   however, 
settled  clown  in  Baltimore. 

i  he  Acadian  iniini<;-ration   first  alarmed  i'eiinsvlvania; 
but  the  lln,i,aicnotguaker,  l^ene/et,  jtleaded  their  cause  so 
eloquently,  that  th(>y    were  allowed   to   remain.      'J'o  the 
creditol  the  Fi-ench  1  iui^uenot  Protestants  in  Pi'nnsvlvania 
and  South  Carolina  be  it  said  that  lliev  did  exeivt  hini;-  in 
their  power  to  alleviate  the  sulTerin^-s  ol  their  unloiiunate 
Acadian  bi-ethren  of  the  samei-ace.      b'our  hundied  landed 
in  Georgia  ;  but  as  the  law  did  not  allow  Catholics  to  settle 
there,  they  were  suffered  to    remain   over   the    winter   (jf 
i;55,  built  boats,  and   sailed  aloni;-  the  Atlantic  coast   to 
Loni;-  Island,  X.  ^'.,  which  they  reached  in  Au2:ust,  1736, 
Althon^^h  the  ,L,n)vernors  of  South  Carolina  and    Cieorgia 
furnished    them    with    passports    to    travel    wheie    thev 
pleased,   they  were  arrested  on  I.on^-  Island,   1756,  by  or- 
derof  Gov.  I  lardy,  New  York.      The  t  reatment  which  this 
and  other  Ixands  received  at  tlie   hands  ol  the  New   \'ork 
authorities  is  best  leai-ned  from  a  series  of  manuscript  doc- 
uments on  tile  in  the  state  library,  .\lbanv.  X.  V.      Termis- 
sion  was  o^iven  by  the  librarv  officials  to  the  writer  of  this 
art  iclcto  make  a  study  of,  and  take  copies  of.  these  very  in- 
teresting;: and  instructive  lists  and  letters.     Thev  are  offi- 
ciallv  called"  Collection.  \'ol.  83.84,  of  unpublished  Eni^lish 
manuscripts,  1756,  1757.  ol    the  time  of  Gov.  llardv   and 
Lieui.  Ctov.  Delancey."'     These  lettersi^ive  the  names  and 


Iliitoiy  of  St.   RayiiioiiJ's   Church.  13 

luinibcts,  tlic  cniintics  and  towns  in  Xcw  Voik  lo  which 
these  Cat  111  )lit'  exiles  were  sent.  T  he\' also  give  the  prob- 
able, an  lin  some  instances  certain,  time  of  their  arrival  at 
these  places.  The  first  letter,  vol.  83.  p.  56.  datetl  Mav6, 
1756,  time  ot  Cjov.  I  lardv,  hirnishes  us  with  "  the  names  ot 
French  neutrals  sent  bv  (iov.  Lawrence  trom  Nova 
Scotia  to  Xew  N'ork.  with  their  location  in  the  counties  of 
Westchester,  Richmond.  Suffoik,  King's,  and  Oueens." 

LIST  o|-'   M  W    (\    I  J^T). 

Cliark'S  Saviiit.  wifi'.  ^  chiliiri'ii.  Xi>\\    Uocjiii'lle,  Wosidioslcr  ( 'n.,  X.  V. 
<  'li'uii'-    I.anii'tliu.  "     1  cl.iM,  ••  "  '• 


l!a  >elfii;i. 

I*'i'aiii'is  fjiirla.        "     •> 

1-Vaiicis  Tmiriinur.  '•   '_' 

I'aiiicl  I  iaimii.  ••    S 

Kraiici-  Mariaiii,     "  f) 

Michael  Itiehard.     '•   •) 

Ali'.\aiiil(i'  Ktlicrt.  "  .'1 

l'Vaiici~  ( 'mniiKi,      "   8 

.''iliu  ( '1  iiiiniii,  "   7 

Jdliii    Malic.  •'   7 

( Jjuilo  I'uucct.  '■   S 

Jo.se[ih  niaiicjuinl,  "  ,'5 

Zakarc  Kiciianl,     "   <J 

Peler  Loo.  "  :! 

.Fiijiii   .\L-irtiii.  '■   •! 

Louis  (iiniii.!.  ••  1! 

.fd'ciiia  (iiiuijci'.      ■'  2 

Sera  Ktlicrt.  •■  S 


cliiliifL'ii.     I{ye. 

ilVP. 


Iticlniioiii],  Siatcn  Islaii'l,  UichiinHKl  ( 'r)..  \.  V 

IvistliaitijitdU.  !,uii,l;  Islaml,   Snnujiv   V^.. 

SouthciM. 

Snulliaiii|iti)ii,  ■•                   ••           '•          •■ 

I!i'<>iiklia\cii. 

Klusliiiiu-.  ■*                   ••           •'         >• 

Fla!liiisii.  " 

.laniaica,  " 

l!i!-ii\\ick.  '' 

ilciii|istf'ail.  " 

(_)y-icr  l!ay,  " 

TLitiiiiitrtoii.  '* 


Kiiiu's    Co.. 
(^liiccii.s   Co., 


Xcwtown.  "  '•  "       " 

NL'inoraiKJu!,)  ..ii    liacl<of  ijiis   list:  •■  X.aiiicrt   of  iioails   of   fauiiliL's  of  l-'ronch 
uciiirals:  their   miinbcr,    witii  liicir   dc-tiiiatio!i,    by  onlcr  of  the  ('ouiwil.  May 


0.  i7r)<; 


14  1  li .story  oj  Si.  Raymond^ s   Church. 

From  ail  Act  of  the  Assembly  jx'isscfl  June  6,  1736,  ue 
are  made  aware  of  the  presence  in  New  \'ork  of  a  lars^c 
numberof  destitute  Acadian  minors.  The  act  is  printed 
in  volume  IV.,  p.  ^,4.  ,,f  the  colonial  laws  of  New  York. 
The  Act,  verbatim  :  "  An  Act  to  empower  tlie  Justices 
of  Westchester,  Suffolk,  (hieens.  Kini^rs,  and  Kichmond 
County's,  respectively  to  bind  out  Such  of  his  Majesties 
Subjects  commonly  called  Neutral  French  as  liave  been 
removed  from  Nova  Scotia  to  this  Colonv  and  distribut- 
ed into  the  said  County's.     Passed  julv  9.   i;5r)." 

"  Whereas  it  has  been  judged  necessary  for  his  majes- 
ties service  to  remove  his  Subjects  of  Nova  Scotia 
commonly  Called  Neutral  French  from  to  Some  other  of 
his  Majesties  Colony's  and  in  Conseciuence  thereof  a 
certain  number  has  been  received  into  this  Colony  Poor 
Naked  and  destitute  ol  every  convenience  and  Supi»ort 
of  life  to  the  End  that  thcv  may  not  continue  as  they  no'v 
really  are  useless  to  his  Majesty  themselves  and  a  Bur- 
then to  this  Colony.  Be  It  Enacted  by  his  excellencv 
The  Governor  the  Council  and  the  General  Assemblv  and 
it  is  hereby  Enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same— 
That  his  Majesties  justices  of  the  peace  of  the  said 
Several  and  respective  County's  or  any  two  of  them  one 
whereof  to  be  of  the  Quorum  Shall  be  and  hereby  are 
empowered  and  required  to  bind  into  Rei)utable  Families 
such  of  them  as  are  not  arrived  to  the  ai^e  of  Twentv-one 


'G  History  oj  St.   R,n///,>iiJ's  Church. 

Years  for  such   a  space  of  time  as  tlu'  said  justices  shall 
ju(l«;e   proper  not    exceediti^-  the  lime  ihev  shall  resj>ec- 
tively    attaiu  the  ai^^e  of  T went y-(»ne  ^'ears  duiiui;-  which 
time  they  shall  he  ( )l)lii;ed  faithfully  and  I  ndiist  lionslv  to 
dischar<;e  liieii-  Ser\'ice  as  other  indented  j)ersons  within 
this  Colony  are.     An(il)eit  Provided  And  Hnacted  that  if 
any  Such  I'ersonor  I'ersons  within  the  ai^cof  Twciitv-one 
Years  are  already  become  useful  Subjects  and  aieableto 
Maintain  themselves  by  their  labour  without  Continuini^ 
a    Burthen  to    the    i)ublick    then    the  respective  justices 
Shall  by  this  Act  liavc  no  i)ower  to  bind  out  anv  Such 
Person  or  Persons  but  are  directed  and  Rerpured  to  leave 
them   to  Supi)ort  themselves  by  their  own  Industrv  and 
Labour.     And    be  it   further  enacted  by  the   Authority 
Aforesaid  that  the  Said  justices  are  herebv  directed  and 
required   to   treat   the  said   people    cc^inmitted    to    their 
care  with  all   the    justice  in  their  power.     Observincr  to 
make  the  most   favorable   Contracts  for  them  both  as  to 
time  of  Service  and  the  Consideration  to  be  paid  them 
when   their  time  of  Service  Shall  be  expired  whether  it 
be  in  Implements  of  Trade  Clothing  or  other  Gratuity." 
We  shall  see  the  use  which  the  magistrates  of  Westches- 
ter and  Orange  made  of  this  Act,  in  sending  out  to  service 
one  hundred  and  ten  young  Acadians.  fiftv-cight  girls  and 
fifty-two   boys  "  latelv   returned  August,  1756,  with  the 
families  of  French  Neutrals  from  Georgia."     Their  names 


UtstoiyoJ  St,  Kityiih'ihi' s  C/iKrch.  Yl 

and    places  ol  hirih  aiv  i^iioird  ;   tlicii- niiiiihi'is  and  aL,^c 
arc  alone  hirnisln-d.     One  hundred  weic  un(  kr.  one  voun_<r 
nian   and   nine   voimir   wonicn   over    the  ai^c    of    twenty- 
""<■"•        ^ '><-■    above-mentioned    yoniiL;-     man     and     Nonn.i; 
women  afe   included   in   the  list   of  Acadian  children  le- 
lurned  Irom     ';e()rL,rin  ;  and  the  committing-  mai^dslrate  or 
ma-istrates  of  Westchester  and  ()ran,<;-e  violated  the  law 
otJunef).  1756,  ill  j)iii(iinL;- them  out  to  service.     A   letter 
ot  Mayor  Holland,  Xew  \'oik.  An,i;ust  2J.  1736.  tells  of  the 
whereabouts  ol    the  Acadians  detained   011   Lono-  Island. 
lie   reports  to  ('.(n-erncjr  Hardy  and  the  Council,  that  he 
had    i)laced  them  for  the  time  beini;  on  an  island  in  New 
York  J]ay,  called  at  different  times,  Xntten.  Nui,  Mutton, 
or  Governor's   Island.      IBy   Au,^-ust  26,  1756,    thev  were 
in  char<re  of  Constables   Myers  and  Quick     Their  names, 
numbers,  and  future  location  in  Westchester  and  Oran^-c 
were    recorded   in  a  document,  a  cojn-  of  which  follows: 
"August  26,  1756.  naines  of  the  heads  of  the  French  Neu- 
tral   families,  number   of    their    Children    returned  from 
Georgia    and  distributed   through  the  counties  of  West- 
chester and  Oranire." 

Paul  Divon,  wife,  two  childron.  Weslclicstcr  Town,  Wi'stelicstor  Cd,  X.  V. 
.roliii  Divoii.  wife,  one  child.  ••  ••  ••  ••        u 

Joiiii  Kase,  "  "  n  n        1. 

I'ctor  Pusa.  "  "  i(  .1        II 

^•■ivinial,  .Tiiinali,  Philiipslimv.  Yoiiker.^,       '•  "        " 

Paul  Padrow,  wife,  one  eliild,  Bodfcird.  "  u         d 


IS 


History,'!  St.    l\\i\iiioiia"s  CiiiiiJi. 

\ViMi'lii'stiT<'o..  N.  V. 


liO  U'M< 


Krciicis  Inisa 

.Im-(.|,Ii  l.'clivo.  'Qt'"^*  '    '^  >'^  '    '    •• 

.'nllll    lliirii.ill.  » 

r.llll    Wniiilri  i\V|  l» 

.FilSC|ili  ,Illi;ili,  I. 

Ji)SO|p|i  (;uill;ili,  '• 

Miyhcl  iJa-iia.  wife,  fniir  cliiMrcn.  Iv'i-icIioIit 
.I'lliii    Ila-^icl  Triaii.  \'ili',  two  •• 

.li'hii  ISaplisl,      

.Fnscpli  ( iilli.ia, 

Francis  Savov. 

i'l'tiT  Siir,  w  ifc.  (iiie  cliiM. 

.I'lliii    I)ivaii,  wile.  .Jiic  cliiM, 

Pclcr  IJcsha,    ••       live  chiMivn, 

J 


Nurili  Casiic 


Ci'iiitlamli  MaiMir, 


•I 
i» 
it 


kt 


»»         tt 


'.  /vv 


I'clcr  iSishaiir, 

Micliai'l  Cddila, 

Ciiarlcs  ( )<)()(ja,  ••  •' 

Jiiliti  liieliai'il. 

Pclcr  Diisaii.  wil'c.  livr  cliiMi-"ii.     <)raii-c     ("o. 

Jul  1 11    Ila|iti-t  Hostroiii:, 

JnSO|ill    l>usali,  •'  " 

.Fail\    Jiniali.  '•  •' 

Louis  .liruali,  .•  ,.  ,. 

Julian  Hula,  ....  .. 

I'clcr  ("assiu^^ 

Micliai'l  Pxinia,    wifo,    one    cIiiM.    <Jraii<:o   i)rccincls,    .suiilli    of    ihc     ili^ulilamls. 
w   .loscph  Sill,  wife,  l\\  II  cliililrcii. 

Francis  Ijoilmn,  wife,  twn  chihlren.       "  "  •*  ••  >. 

"  All  account  tf  iiuini)cr  of  Neutral  French  taken  by  us  coiisialiles, 
Asher  Myers,  Ai.irahain  Quick."  MeiiKiraiidum  on  hack  :  "  joth 
August,  1756.  List  of  I'rench  Neutrals."  We  obtain  lurther  inl'orniatioii 
legarchiij,'-  these  peo])le,  from  the  Hills,  Oct.  16th.  i;;^,  of  .Sheriff  Willett 
and  justice  riiderhill  of  \Vestclicster,  for  tlu'ir  maintenance  while  in 
Westchester  Town,  and  their  transportation,  afterwards,  to  North  Castle. 


llistoiy  i>J  St.  A'iiymoih/'.s  C/iiii  i/i. 


II) 


lledfonl,  :iii(l  ntluT  pl.i.  cs  in  W'estclu-stcr.  Letter  «>f  SIktiIT  Wilktl: 
"<  til  the  _v;lh  (if  .\u<4nst,  \~y>,  \  rrteivid  :iii  cmlir  lioiu  tlir  (idveriior 
and  Cmiiicil  to  uatlur  uiili  4;  d  tiu-  inliahii.iiits  ot  Nuva  S(i)ti;i 
wild  lately  arrived  at  New  Sdik  tnuii  Oe'T-ia,  and  di-trihiited  and 
traM>|i(irte(l  tlieiii  and  their  iiuiiiher  ar(  uidiii;;  t,,  du.  said  order.  'I'o 
fiitertaimneiit,  etc..  lor  \\  I'reiu  h  inMitrals  (da\sea(h.  at  unc  shillin,-; 
JHT  day  each,  Aio:  z:  o.  I'.iitertained  l^  of  said  people  1  da\s  loiiKer,  at 
Is.  per  day  ea(  h,  in  all  2o_'  davs.  lo  traiis|)(irtiiiL,^  part  ot  the  .Saul 
penple  and  their  nuiiiher  to  \.,rth  Castle,  liedlord,  and  to  otluT 
places  aloted  lor  them  acedrdiii;^  to  the  -,iid  order  ./,  t.  Ichaii;ed  Inr 
my  time,  expenci-s,  and  money  ad\  aiiced  lor  the  saiil  purpose  /,i  4,  2s.  o 
Krrors  cxceptd  I,  \V,  ( )ct.  K),  1756     I  Wii.i.i  ri" 

Letter  of  Justice  LJndcrliill.  W'tstclicstcr,  Oct.  16,  1756, 
relative  to  the  Acadians  in  his  cliarg-e  : — "On  the  2,  Scj)- 
teiiiber  i/sT)  I  icceived  9  of  (he  Inhabitants  ot  X(na 
Scotia  aij^reeahle  to  an  order  front  the  (ioveinof  and 
Council  Directed  to  the  lli<;-li  Sheriff  and  have  jdaced 
Out  and  disposed  of  them  Accordino;  t()  the  said  order, 
T(j  entertainment  of  9  Frencli  Xeutrals  12  (hi\seach  at 
IS.  per  day,  each  at  5/.'  8s.  To  moneys  advanced  ex- 
pences  and  my  Trouble  for  the  same  purpose  8s.  Mem- 
orandum ;  "  Acc'tof  1.  W'illett  and  Mr.  justice  Underhill 
account  of  charges  for  the  French  Neutrals  from  (ieor- 
gia."  The  next  reference  made  to  the  Westchester 
Acadians  in  colonial  history,  comes  to  us  through  the 
a:  Y.  Mercury,  July  11,  1757:  "We  hear  that  a  party 
of  French  Neutrals,  who  had  been  for  some  timej)ast  at 
or  near  Westchester,  made  their  escape  from  that  place, 
and  were  taken  up  at  or  near  Fort  Edward  on  their  way 


'iO  //iston  i>/  Sf.  l\a\monJ\  Cliiiiiit. 

to  C'i"n\vii  I'ttiiit."  TliL-  iiimui-  that  .1  lu'W  hicUt  was 
ai)niii  to  !)(.•  issued  tor  their  aifest  inav  have  reached 
them,  and  caiisi.'d  thi'ir  alteinpied  eseape  to  Canada. 
(  )n  Aul;-.  I  ^,  1737,  the  N.  \'.  C'oiiiieil  directi'd  t  hi' sheiill.s 
(tl  the  sc-veral  emiiities  to  secure  the  l""ri'iieh  Neutrals 
in  the  jails  ot  their  sevi-ial  counties.  This  <  irder  was 
obcN  cd,  and  Sheiilf  llillyei-nt  Kiehinoud,  Staten  Islautl, 
on  Auj;-.  13,  1757,  writes  to  Aixhibald  Kt'unedv,  Tresidcnt 
ol  the  C"(iuncil.  inloriniiii^  him  that  he  had  i onhned  in  the 
Richmond  County  jail,  all  the  Acadians  except  the  women 
and  children. 

The  lot  ot  these  women  and  childriMi,  thus  suddenly  de- 
piived  ol  the  assistance  and  society  ol  their  male  icla- 
tives,  must  have  been  pitiable  in  the  extreme.  Sherilf 
llillyer  demanded  money  for  the  su])port  of,  and  jj^uards 
to  watch,  the  prisoners.  The  Richmond  authorities 
would  i4"ive  him  no  assistance;  hence  his  appeal  to  the 
Council.  Daniel  jauncey,  a  Xew  N'ork  merchant,  on  Uec, 
19,  1757,  petitioned  the  New  N'ork  authorities  on  behalf 
of  the  Acadians.  I  le  offered  to  furnish,  at  a  small  expense, 
shippin*:;  from  New  York  to  anv  i)lace  the  i^overnment 
might  wish  to  transport  them.  Nothing;-  came  of  this  or 
another  re(|uest,  1765,  of  the  Marcpiis  de  Fenelon  to 
Ctov.  Coklen,  to  take  one  hundred  and  fifty  New  \'ork 
Acadians,  and  settle  them  in  the  French  West  Indies,  ot 
which  he  was  then  governor.     After  1757  colonial  history 


a) 


I 


J/isfoi\  ,>/  St.  /ui\nioiu/'s  C/inii/i. 


1 


f 


is  siknt  rcLxardiiin  t  he  W'cstclu'sifi-  Acadian^,  aii'l  alter 
1765  New  N  <  ii  k  cnloiiial  (lucunu'iits  talsi'  no  liii  I  lici'  not  iic 
ol  tin-  I''rcncli  Ncut  rals  in  the  (litfcftiit  New  N'ork  coun 
tics.  It  IS  to  he  lit»|tc(l  that  hiiM  lirr  st  ikIn'  and  rcscaii'h  will 
hiiiiL;  to  hi^ht  other  hicts  (•olu•c'I"nin^■  tlir  sul)Sf(]ui'nt  liis- 
t(>r\  and  late  of  thf  W'csli  Ik  Nti  r  Acadians.  In  the  jtrcccd- 
ini;  |>ai;cs,  the  writrr  has  ticatcd  the  suhjcct  in  a,i;ciK'ral 
way. 

it  now  remains  to  make  a  stndv  of  certain  partic- 
ulars connected  wiih  t  he  al)o\  »-•  Acadian  census,  l-'rom 
official  statistics  wc  learn  that  33-  Acadian  Catholics 
aiiivcd  in  the  New  \'ork  colony  durini^  the  months  ol 
Ma\  and  Aui^ust,  175'").  Ol  this  number.  W'estcliester 
received  141;  ()rani;c,  Si;  Richmond,  13;  Sullolk.  44  ; 
Oueens,  44  ;   Kin<;s,  9. 

The  Westchester  towns  obtainetl  their  (|uota  in  thefol- 
lowinii^  order  : — May  6,  1756,  New  KuchcUe,  9  ;  Rye,  14. 
\u^.  29,  Sept.  2.  Sept.  14,  175'',  ^'onkers,  i;  Bedford, 9; 
Eastchcster,  16  ;  North  Castle,  \C)  ;  Town  of  \"an  Cortland, 
3  ;  and  55  Acadian  minors  bound  out  lhroui;hout  the  Ieni,^th 
and  width  of  the  countv.  On  .^ept.  2(\.  I75r),  John  Divon, 
wife,  and  one  child;  Paul  Divon,  wife,  and  two  children  ; 
John  Kase  and  I'etcr  Dusa,  unmarried  ;  arrived  in  West- 
chester Town,  N.  W,  now  included  witliin  the  present 
boundaries  of  St.  j'vavmond's  ])arish.  From  Sept.  2  to 
Sept.  14.  17;^'),  thev  were  Iodised  in  the  old  colonial  West- 


clicstcT  town  and  count  \'  jai 
I  lisloi'v  of  W'cstclic'stcr.  vol.  2 
and  huiait  down  in  175S.  It  w 
IV'tt'i's  I'lotcstant  I^jjiscojial 


llish'ry  (>/'  S/.    kaxiitciij" >  C/nirc/i. 

Ac'Cordinij;"    to    liollon's 

p.  209,  it  was  built,  in  1700, 

as  located  on  the  site  ot  St. 

)arocliial   sciioolliouse.  toi  u 


SITK  Hi-    (II, h  ('(il.dNI  \1,  ,1  \ll,    wn  coriMIKU'SK,    WKSTillKSTKi;  TOWN. 

down  some  vears  a^"o.  This  field — Protestant  R])iscoi»al 
church  ])ropertv^ — ^on  Westchester  Avenue,  adjoiniuL,^  St. 
i'etei-'s  !'.  1{.  inortuarv  chapel,  is  the  Ik'thleheni  of  (/atho- 
licitv  in  Westchester  Town,      it    will  ever   be  to  St.   Ka\- 


A 


Ilh't(>r\t'f  .S7.    /u!\i/it'iiii\s  C/iiii  i/i. 


'i'.\ 


nintul's  palish  an  <  )l)irct  ol  \cncratinii  and  !<  )\t,  a  lioU  fi  h  ul 
sanctitic'd  h\' t  lit- presence,  t!ie  lears,  the  ^iithi  iiiL;>  ot  t.lie 
Acachaii  conlessors  ol  the  laith.  Theii'  \<)ke  ina\'  ha\e 
been  nia'U'  sweet,  and  tlieii'  lini(K'n  eas\-,  1)\'  tlie  inmisti'a- 
tionsol  I'athei-  l-'ainiei',  the  Je^nit  then  hdjorinu"  on  the 
I'ennsN  hania  and  New  jer>e\  inissioi,^.  Sdine  say  he 
passed  through  tlii^  ic^ion  in  dis^'nise,  and  attiiided  to 
the  wants  ol  the  \\'estchest,ei-( 'at  holies.  Il  he  otleicd  uj) 
the  holv  saeriliee  or  achiiinistered  t  he  saeiaments,  it  niu.^t 
ha\c'   been  with  the  uttiiost  eare  and  eantion. 

Marriai;-e  eonti'acted    pri\-atel\'  Ix'tore   two    witnt'sse^. 

pidvatc  baptism,  dispensations   Irom   thi'    Ikinns,  and  cer- 
tain   iinpedinients.     were     privile^;es     conceded     by    the 
Bishoj)   ot   ()iicd)ec,  in   instructions  issiud   Idt   tiieir  ^nid. 
ance    bv    tha:    prelate.      Tiieir  L;Teatest   spiritual    tribula- 
tion  was  th.e  want  ol    priestlv  aid  and  comiort.       Xe\er- 
theless,  this  Hock,  lor  vears  without  a  shepherd,  an  altar, 
a  tribunal  of  penance,  or  sacramental    oils.  luwer    lor^-ot 
Sion,    but   said    the   pravers   and    san_i;'   the    son^-s   ot    the 
Lord  in  a  stran^'c  haiuL      Thev  liave  been  accused  of  manv 
offences:    but    their   principal    fault    and    crime    was    that 
thev  lo\'ed  laith  and  tatherland,  not    onU'  too  wiseK.  but 
too  well.      Their    sins,  accordiiii^    to    their    enemies.    ma\' 
have  been  as  red  as  scarlet  and  crimson,  but   just  love    ol 
countiw,  and   tidelit\-  to  religious  coiuiction,  made  their 
imperfections  and  frailties  as  wdiite  as  snow. 


~     IToicctorj-  /  ^^ 

I'fini. 
\^  W,.M  rh,>t.r.   ^ 


